The DHCR's Rent Administrator granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on facade restoration with engineering fees. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant claimed that the rent increase approved by...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on the installation of apartment windows for a landmark building. Tenants appealed and lost. They argued that the claimed costs were excessive, based on cost estimates the...
The DHCR's rent administrator partially granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on installation of hallway carpeting. Tenant appealed and lost. Tenant said that the hallway carpeting...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on installation of a new boiler. The DRA ruled for landlord in part but disallowed $71,712 of the MCI cost that was reimbursed to landlord by its insurance company. Landlord...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes in April 2019 based on gas repiping. The DRA ruled for landlord but modified the rent increases that landlord applied for to conform with substantial changes to the rent increases...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes in 2018 based on new windows, water service repiping, and kitchen and bathroom modernization work. The DRA ruled for landlord in part but, since its order was issued after June 14...
(Decision submitted by David B. Cabrera and Phillip Billet of the Manhattan law firm of Borah Goldstein Altschuler Nahins & Goidel, P.C., who represented the landlord.)
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on pointing, related work, and engineering services. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and won, in part. Among other things, tenants claimed that the MCI work was...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on elevator upgrading and installation of elevator shaft steel, elevator bulkhead/roof/interior, elevator wiring, and a TV/security system. Tenants appealed and lost.
Rent-stabilized apartment tenants sued landlord claiming that landlord sought improper application of MCI rent hikes granted by the DHCR. The court denied tenants' request for a ruling in their favor without...
Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on gas re-piping. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants appealed and won, in part. Among other things, tenants pointed out that landlord had provided hot plates to tenants...
